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    Points of Progress: Global decline in deforestation, and more

    May 22, 2020 3 minutes
    Places where the world saw progress, for the June 1, 2020 Monitor Weekly.

    Worldwide

     From 2010 to 2015, the Earth lost approximately 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of forest every year. In the past five years, that number has dropped to 10 million hectares. The new Global Forest Resources Assessment shows forest loss rates are inconsistent around the globe. Researchers took into account major losses in sub-Saharan Africa, where population growth has exacerbated forest loss, but found an encouraging trend worldwide. This is partly due to a significant decline in deforestation in

    1. United States 2. Central and South America3. Iceland4. Germany5. Africa

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